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Look Back in Anger is a 1959 British kitchen sink drama film starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom and Mary Ure and directed by Tony Richardson.
Look Back in Anger: Directed by Tony Richardson. With Richard Burton, Claire Bloom, Mary Ure, Edith Evans. A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values.
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- Drama
- Tony Richardson
- 1959-09-15
Look Back in Anger (1956) is a realist play written by John Osborne. It focuses on the life and marital struggles of an intelligent and educated but disaffected young man of working-class origin, Jimmy Porter, and his equally competent yet impassive upper-middle-class wife Alison.
- John Osborne
- 1956
A British drama film based on John Osborne's play, starring Richard Burton and Claire Bloom as a married couple in post-war England. The film explores their troubled relationship and the social conflicts of the time.
- Tony Richardson, Ross Mackenzie
- Richard Burton
A disillusioned, angry university graduate comes to terms with his grudge against middle-class life and values. Jimmy Porter is a loud, obnoxious man, rude and verbally abusive to his wife, Alison. Alison comes from an upper class family that Jimmy abhors and he berates Alison for being too reserved and unfeeling.
The play that defined a whole generation—and revolutionized British theatre in the process—became the landmark film Look Back In Anger, the attention-grabbing directorial debut from Tony Richardson built foursquare around a volcanic performance by the peerless Richard Burton.
Look Back in Anger is a 1959 British film starring Richard Burton, Claire Bloom and Mary Ure and directed by Tony Richardson. It is based on John Osborne's play of the same name about a love triangle involving an intelligent but disaffected young man (Jimmy Porter), his upper-middle-class, impassive wife (Alison), and her snooty best friend ...
